ROBOTICS CLUSTER
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2.4. MASSACHUSETTS COLLABORATIVE <strong>ROBOTICS</strong> MARKET LEADERSHIP<br />
One recently developed industrial robotics sub-segment, collaborative robots, is very active at this time,<br />
with Massachusetts-based firms acting as market share and mindshare leaders. Collaborative systems are<br />
human scale, easy to set up and program, and capable of being used by workers with a wide range of<br />
qualification levels. The collaborative robotics sector is expected to increase roughly tenfold between 2015<br />
and 2020, reaching more than US$1 billion from approximately US$95 million in 2015. Universal Robots,<br />
Massachusetts companies are<br />
strongly positioned in the rapidly<br />
growing collaborative robotics space.<br />
a subsidiary of North Reading, Massachusetts-based Automated Test Equipment (ATE) supplier Teradyne,<br />
is the collaborative robotics market leader. Boston’s own Rethink Robotics is also a key collaborative<br />
robotics supplier.<br />
2.5. IROBOT LEADS IN CONSUMER <strong>ROBOTICS</strong><br />
Consumer robotics, robots, or robotics technologies purchased by individuals that educate, entertain, or<br />
assist, often in the home, have sold in the millions and continue to exhibit strong growth, yet have only<br />
begun to scratch the surface in terms of market penetration. In 2015, the consumer robotics sector was<br />
responsible for shipments reaching approximately 33 million units, resulting in revenue of US$3.5 billion.<br />
By 2025, total shipments are forecast to increase to 165 million and total revenue to more than quadruple,<br />
reaching US$17 billion.<br />
iRobot is the market leader for the consumer robotics sector with more than 15 million of its Roomba<br />
Massachusetts-based iRobot (14<br />
million Roombas sold) dominates the<br />
consumer robotics sector with more<br />
than 60% market share of robotic<br />
floor cleaners.<br />
robotic vacuums sold. The Bedford-based firm has over 475 employees working in the State. Another<br />
Massachusetts-based consumer robotics firm, early-stage startup Jibo, has attracted more than US$38<br />
million in investment. Jibo’s primary offering, also named Jibo and based on years of Massachusetts Institute<br />
of Technology (MIT) research, exemplifies an entirely new class of consumer product and one with high<br />
expectations: social robots. Jibo will become available for sale in 2016.<br />
2.6. MASSACHUSETTS STRONG IN KEY SERVICE <strong>ROBOTICS</strong><br />
MARKETS SEGMENTS<br />
Massachusetts robotics cluster member companies are recognized internationally as leaders in key<br />
service robotics markets. For example, 90% of the mobile ground robotics supplied to the U.S. military<br />
were developed by Massachusetts-based companies QinetiQ North America and iRobot (now Endeavor<br />
Amazon Robotics alone has fielded<br />
more than 30,000 mobile robots for<br />
e-commerce logistics work.<br />
Robotics). The State also leads the world as a source of mobile robots for retail e-commerce logistics, critical<br />
technologies in support of the US$1.2 trillion worldwide retail e-commerce market. Amazon Robotics alone<br />
has fielded more than 30,000 mobile robots for e-commerce logistics work.<br />
Massachusetts is widely acknowledged as a leading, if not the foremost, international center for the<br />
development of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), a market expected to reach US$4.6 billion by<br />
www.abiresearch.com<br />
THE MASSACHUSETTS <strong>ROBOTICS</strong> <strong>CLUSTER</strong><br />
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